Change log for the Edit roles by capability tool

Changes in 5.0

• Update GitHub Actions CI workflow for Moodle 5.0.


• Fixed pipeline warnings.


• Rewrote Javascript in tool_editrolesbycap to remove YUI dependencies.


• Updated templates and sessionStorage usage to Javascript.
  Replaced use if a random cookie for storing filterValue with window.sessionStorage.
  This avoids the need to document/manage an extra cookie and follows modern browser best practices.

Changes in 2.0

• Re-build the JavaScript with the latest version grunt.

Changes in 1.9

• Fixed a bug which caused not all capabilities to appear in the list.

Changes in 1.8

• Small styling improvements.

Changes in 1.7

• Fix Behat to work in Moodle 3.6.

Changes in 1.6

• Privacy API implementation.


• Fix some coding style.


• Due to privacy API support, this version now only works in Moodle 3.4+
  For older Moodles, you will need to use a previous version of this plugin.

1.5 and before

Changes were not documented here.

Changes in 2.0

• Re-build the JavaScript with the latest version grunt.

Changes in 1.9

• Fixed a bug which caused not all capabilities to appear in the list.

Changes in 1.8

• Small styling improvements.

Changes in 1.7

• Fix Behat to work in Moodle 3.6.

Changes in 1.6

• Privacy API implementation.


• Fix some coding style.


• Due to privacy API support, this version now only works in Moodle 3.4+
  For older Moodles, you will need to use a previous version of this plugin.

Fix filtering issue on Boost.

Edit roles by capability tool

Created by the Open University, UK.

Normally, when you edit roles in Moodle, you select one role, and can then edit
the permissions for all the capabilities for that role. This plugin presents an
alterative interface. You can select one capability, and then edit the
permissions for all roles for that capability.

Install this plugin into the admin/tool folder, in a subfolder called
editrolesbycap. You can do that using git as

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tool_editrolesbycap.git admin/tool/editrolesbycap

echo '/admin/tool/editrolesbycap/' >> .git/info/exclude

You will get a new entry under Site administration -> Users -> Permissions that
lets you select a capability, and then edit the permission for that capability
in all role definition.

Edit roles by capability tool

Created by the Open University, UK.

Normally, when you edit roles in Moodle, you select one role, and can then edit
the permissions for all the capabilities for that role. This plugin presents an
alterative interface. You can select one capability, and then edit the
permissions for all roles for that capability.

Install this plugin into the admin/tool folder, in a subfolder called
editrolesbycap. You can do that using git as

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tool_editrolesbycap.git admin/tool/editrolesbycap

echo '/admin/tool/editrolesbycap/' >> .git/info/exclude

You will get a new entry under Site administration -> Users -> Permissions that
lets you select a capability, and then edit the permission for that capability
in all role definition.

Edit roles by capability tool

Created by the Open University, UK.

Normally, when you edit roles in Moodle, you select one role, and can then edit
the permissions for all the capabilities for that role. This plugin presents an
alterative interface. You can select one capability, and then edit the
permissions for all roles for that capability.

Install this plugin into the admin/tool folder, in a subfolder called
editrolesbycap. You can do that using git as

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tool_editrolesbycap.git admin/tool/editrolesbycap

You will get a new entry under Site administration -> Users -> Permissions that
lets you select a capability, and then edit the permission for that capability
in all role definition.

Edit roles by capability tool

Created by the Open University, UK.

Install this plugin into the admin/tool folder, in a subfolder called
editrolesbycap. You can do that using git as

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tool_editrolesbycap.git admin/tool/editrolesbycap

You will get a new entry under Site administration -> Users -> Permissions that
lets you select a capability, and then edit the permission for that capability
in all role definition.